Monthly Archives: December 2009
Happy Green New year, from the Sustentator team!
We have shared with you just a few months, in which we have tried to inform you as best as possible on environmental issues. We are thrilled to welcome 2010, in which we hope to improve our blog and help [...]
EPA’s environmental video competition
If you like nature and movies, this is a great opportunity for you. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a video competition “Our Planet, our stuff, our choice”. You can participate with your video until February 16th. The [...]
First US data center powered by the wind
A small ISP (Internet Service Provider) and hosting company in Illinois has become the first data center operator to be powered entirely by wind energy. The company is called Other World Computing (OWC) and is located in Woodstock, Illinois. It [...]
Sustentator wishes you a Merry Green Christmas!
Hoping that you will have a jolly green Christmas, we want to give you a few suggestions for helping you make your holidays greener. GIFTS In case you still haven’t bought all the presents you needed to buy, we suggest [...]
Copenhagen: "a new beginning, not a destination"
Let’s be honest, Copenhagen was not what we expected. What we had in mind was that an international treaty in which countries would accept to be legally bound to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions would be achieved. The main purpose [...]
Dividing the problem, the greenhouse gases
The atmosphere is made up of numerous gases. The ones in larger quantities are nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). This leaves around only 1% for other gases such as carbon dioxide (the famous CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), [...]
Americans believe in climate change
Some of you may think “thank God they do”, some others don’t believe in it yourselves. Anyhow, a survey by Ipsos McClatchy discovered that 70% of North Americans believe that temperature has been going up in the past century. And [...]
Copenhagen is moving slowly – but it is moving forward
The UN-backed scheme to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) has made significant progress during the climate talks in Copenhagen. The system aims to pay poorer nations for saving or replanting their forests. Taking into account that deforestation is [...]
Please hold your gases!
VIA: Climate and capitalism
Environmental education improves school performance
The Coastal Roots Program seeks to protect coastal areas and wetlands in Louisiana; by educating students and making them part of the solution. Educators from the program have created lessons in which kids are taught environmental contents. After a study, [...]
Air conditioning from deep cold seawater, in Honolulu
In warm, beautiful Honolulu, air conditioning is almost a must-have. But to power it, incredible amounts of energy are used, most of that energy generated from polluting sources, and 90% of it imported. But thanks to a new project, air-conditioning [...]
Copenhagen gets spicier, check out the latest news
Many say the first week of the COP15 (Fifteenth Conference of the Parties) to the UNFCCC was relatively slow in advancing towards the necessary deal to limit greenhouse gases. This week is the second and last. On Thursday and Friday, [...]
